December 3rd, 2009
Just a week before Sam's death he worked with me to produce the first and sadly, we now know, last series of limited edition prints of his work for the Milk Gallery stand at Basel Miami. Four images, linked by a theme of American Landscape, in a set of 10 prints each. Today (until Sunday, December 6, 2009) they go on sale at the Milk Gallery stand at the Basel Miami Beach 2009 art fair in Florida.
Here are the four images.
In addition, at the request of Milk, Sam released two signed, previously unpublished Cowboy Kate images in the form of vintages, printed and retouched by Sam in his Johannesburg studio in 1963. These are very rare, most of Sam's vintage archive is unsigned.
A catalogue of the images on offer at Basel Miami, exactly as prepared by Sam can be found in this PDF file. There is also an updated one page bio available here. Please note that the full version of Sam's bio on this blog has not been updated yet.
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November 26th, 2009
Sam Haskins died last night. He was severely depressed after his stroke in New York in September and I suspect he suffered another smaller stroke after his return to Australia. In an act that was entirely out of character with his consistent celebration of living large, art and beauty, Sam took his own life.
Alida is being cared for by friends and Oren and I are flying to Australia as soon as possilbe.
I genuinely thought he would pull out of his post stroke depression, I had always watched him overcome challenges with a combination of intelligence, know how, buckets of creative talent and extraordinary discipline. Unfortunately the stroke on September 19th, the day his show opened at Milk Gallery, damaged the right side of his brain and he never recovered his emotional stability.
It is always a wrenching loss to see great minds and great artists departing but Sam had a recent blessing, his last rock star moment, in New York, with the huge success of his Fashion Etcetera book launch and exhibition. That recent high note was made especially poignant by the photographers, both from New York and those who came to Manhattan from all over the world, to tell Sam that they had embarked on their careers because of his books. We lost count of the number of times that was said.
Sam's fellow professionals and fans showed him enormous warmth, love and respect in New York - those memories are very fresh in my mind - and I want to thank the people concerned.
I will post an obituary later.
Ludwig Haskins (Sam's son)
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October 26th, 2009
CNN have posted a very well made video with interviews shot at Milk Studios in New York in September. The footage in the gallery was captured the day before my stroke.
Either of these links will take you to the movie (although the bit/ly link is more stable for sharing), please be patient while the ads play:
http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2009/10/23/sam.haskins.cnn
http://bit.ly/1ZAGls
FASHION ETECETERA was launched in September with an exhibition at Milk Gallery in New York. The project is a partnership with the Tommy Hilfiger group who have exclusive 3rd party rights to market, distribute and sell a special edition of the book and are sole sponsors of the exhibition.
A PDF of the standard edition French Fold jacket can be viewed here. A PDF of the special edition cover to be sold in Tommy Hilfiger stores can be viewed here
For clarification of the two editions of FASHION ETCETERA please see the 'Two Editions' post on this blog.
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October 26th, 2009
On October 7, 2009, Le Book and the School of Visual Arts in New York sponsored an evening at Milk Gallery with Horacio Silva of the New York Times interviewing me in front of an invited audience of approximately 250 people.
Just ten days after I was discharged from hospital this was just what the doctored ordered. An evening with a room full of colleagues who could not have been more generous and warm in their response to my work and the stories that Horacio prompted.
Milk are very slick with their organisation of these events and after the interview the drinks flowed as the gallery counter worked furiously to sell books while I stood in the corner signing and inscribing. The feedback from photographers, art directors, stylists and lovers of photography could not have been warmer or more genuine. An evening of meeting and chatting with top level colleagues that left one old man with a lot of good memories.
Thanks to Kyle Dean Reinford for the following six images.
FASHION ETECETERA was launched in September with an exhibition at Milk Gallery in New York. The project is a partnership with the Tommy Hilfiger group who have exclusive 3rd party rights to market, distribute and sell a special edition of the book and are sole sponsors of the exhibition.
A PDF of the standard edition French Fold jacket can be viewed here. A PDF of the special edition cover to be sold in Tommy Hilfiger stores can be viewed here
For clarification of the two editions of FASHION ETCETERA please see the 'Two Editions' post on this blog.
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